THE SECOND ANNUAL EARLY AGE ONSET COLORECTAL CANCER SUMMIT

OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

Family History Symposium- Friday, March 18, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Main Sessions - Saturday, March 19, 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Networking Reception Immediately Following 6:30 - 8:00 PM

LOCATION: EmblemHealth 55 Water Street (Corner of Old Slip), New York, NY

COURSE DIRECTOR AND HOST

Thomas K. Weber, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, State University of New York at Downstate

COURSE CO-HOST

Martha Raymond MA, CPN

Executive Director, Michael's Mission and Founder & CEO The Raymond Foundation

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rebecca Siegel

American Cancer Society

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This event will bring together early age onset (EAO) colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors, loved ones, health care professionals and researchers from across the country. The program will provide extensive opportunities for participants to advance their understanding of the rapidly increasing incidence of rectal and colon cancer among young adults under 50 years of age in the U.S. and abroad. 

This ground breaking program will, for a second year, provide both survivors and health care professional’s opportunities to leverage each other’s insights and provide an opportunity for all to hear leading clinicians and scientists on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, genomics and quality of life preserving treatment options for EAO-CRC.

The course will include lectures, workshops and panel discussions designed to facilitate multidisciplinary consensus regarding the priorities of EAO-CRC prevention, clinical care, quality of life and research moving forward.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• Review the increasing incidence, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of young adults with colorectal cancer;

• Discuss the current state of knowledge on the causes of young adult colorectal cancer and identify specific gaps in that knowledge; and
  

• Provide an evidence based framework for reducing risk, increasing early stage diagnosis and improving treatment and quality of life for these patients.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

The Summit will feature presentations from leading clinicians, epidemiologists and researchers from the nation’s leading cancer centers and advocacy organizations including: the American Cancer Society, Bowel Cancer UK, Columbia University, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York University School of Medicine, the Raymond Foundation, Tulane University, the University of California Berkley Public Health Institute, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, the University of Colorado, the University of Pittsburgh.

Read Speaker Bios Here

TOPICS TO INCLUDE:

The Summit will consist of four sessions and a stakeholders luncheon.

Sessions to include:

Young Adult CRC: A Global Challenge

Quality of Life Symposium

• Topics to include:
1. "Tools You Can Use":  Emphasis on specific resources, support groups/services and other useful specific resources;
2. Survivor Testimonials: Gaps in Psychological Support & Mental Health Care experienced by Survivors ;
3. Overview & "Ideal State": What are the key components and specific goals of successful Psychological Support & Mental Health Care post initial therapy;   
4. “I was told to get my affairs in order.......": and Psychological Support Post Therapy;
5. Preservation of Fertility;
6. Pregnancy & Multimodality Therapy; and
7. Issues Facing & Resources Available for Care Givers & Surviving Families;

Epidemiology: What is Driving the Increasing Incidence of YA CRC?

• Topics will include:
• The EAO CRC Risk Differential & The NY YA CRC Research Consortium Focused Literature Review;          
• Obesity and Inflammation;
• The In Utero Cancer “Exposome”: The Breast Cancer Model and its Applicability to CRC;
• The Micro Biome: Diet, Microbiota and Metabolites in Colon Cancer Risk in Rural Africans & African Americans; and
• The Search for Population Based YA CRC Study Populations.

Reducing Young Adult CRC Mortality in the United States & Beyond:

• Topics include:
  • Expanding CRC Screening & Surveillance in the Under 50 Population:  Family History Symposium Report Back: Using the Evidence Based Consensus Tools We Already Have to Serve individuals at increased risk for CRC;
  • What’s New in our Understanding of the Genetics of YA CRC?
  • Survivor Testimonials regarding diagnostic delays in patients with significant, prolonged symptoms OR  Survivor Testimonials: Denial, Delays and Cures Deferred;
  • The Development and Implementation of the Ovarian Cancer Symptom Index: From Patient Survey to American Cancer Society Clinical Consensus Statement;
  • The Development, Validation and Implementation of the Young Adult CRC Symptoms and Signs Index;
  • Newly Arrived and “In the Pipeline”: Novel Therapies for YA